France
People of this nationality
Urbain Gohier
1862 – 1951
journalist
Eric Holder
1960 – 2019
writer
Davy Dona
b. 1981
karateka
Audrey Labeau
b. 1985
competitive diver
Gisèle Biémouret
b. 1952
politician
Théophile Moreux
1867 – 1954
astronomer
Victor Loret
1859 – 1946
botanist
Jean-Pierre Pescatore
1793 – 1855
banker
Félix Lacuesta
b. 1958
association football player
Jean Hélène
1953 – 2003
journalist
Thibault Tamas
b. 2001
association football player
Jean Mabillon
1632 – 1707
historian
José Pliva
1966 – 2025
playwright
Guillaume Levarlet
b. 1985
sport cyclist
Noël Hallé
1711 – 1781
painter
Paul-François Dubois
1793 – 1874
politician
Anselme Bellegarrigue
1813 – 1890
journalist
Djamel Mastouri
b. 1972
Paralympic athlete
Charles de Tricornot de Rose
1876 – 1916
aircraft pilot
Alexandre Pouget
neuroscientist
Patrick de Carolis
b. 1953
journalist
Mireille Best
1943 – 2005
writer
Maggy Biskupski
1982 – 2018
police officer
Yseult Le Danois
1920 – 1985
ichthyologist
Geneviève Callerot
1916 – 2025
writer
Frédéric Barbier
1952 – 2023
book historian
Georges Rollin
1912 – 1964
actor
Louis Boyer
1921 – 2017
politician
Michel Butor
1926 – 2016
poet
Astride N'Gouan
b. 1991
handball player
Hippolyte-Jules Pilet de La Mesnardière
1610 – 1663
poet
Henry of Segusio
1210 – 1271
Catholic priest
Félix Alcan
1841 – 1925
academic publisher
Serge Cantat
b. 1972
mathematician
Charlotte Louise de Rohan
1767 – 1841
aristocrat
Almucs de Castelnau
1140 – 1184
trobairitz
Thierry Tribondeau
b. 1962
coach
Michel Saint-Denis
1897 – 1971
actor
Michel-Ange de Castellane
1703 – 1782
diplomat
Jean-Marie Goasmat
1913 – 2006
sport cyclist
Anthony Perez
b. 1991
sport cyclist
Sylvie Denis
b. 1963
science fiction writer
Henri Eberhardt
1913 – 1976
kayaker
Viviane Elder
1904 – 1960
actor
Bruno Lemaitre
b. 1965
immunologist
François Brune
b. 1940
writer
Katarin Quelennec
b. 1980
swimmer
Stéphane Courtois
b. 1947
historian
Stanislas Marie Adelaide, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre
1757 – 1792
politician
Philippe Chalumeau
b. 1963
politician
Adrien André
1884 – 1965
politician
Joseph de Cambis
Victor Prouvé
1858 – 1943
sculptor
Rosine Bloch
1832 – 1891
opera singer
Laurent Mauvignier
b. 1967
writer
Théophile Funck-Brentano
1830 – 1906
jurist
Bernard Roman
b. 1952
politician
John of Avranches
955 – 1079
archbishop
William of Jumièges
b. 1000
monk
Frère Sennen
1861 – 1937
friar
Georges Maton
1913 – 1998
sport cyclist
Francis Albarède
b. 1947
chemist
Brahim Lahlafi
b. 1968
long-distance runner
Guillaume Verdier
b. 1970
marine architect
Romain Taofifénua
b. 1990
rugby union player
Robert de Wendel
1847 – 1903
businessperson
Delandre
1883 – 1923
publisher
Raoul Lesueur
1912 – 1981
sport cyclist
Jane Thorne
1821 – 1873
lady-in-waiting
Jean de Courbes
1592 – 1641
engraver
Pierre Pithou
1539 – 1596
jurist-consultant
Jean Mesqui
1952 – 2026
castellologist
Luc Tardif
b. 1953
ice hockey player
Kévin Menaldo
b. 1992
pole vaulter
Antoine Louis Clapisson
1808 – 1866
composer
Angie Be
b. 1977
singer
Gérard d'Aboville
b. 1945
politician
François Morlaes
1943 – 2026
rugby union player
Albert Spaier
1883 – 1934
philosopher
Arnaud Briand
b. 1970
ice hockey player
Max Hymans
1900 – 1961
politician
Eugène Brange
1872 – 1931
sport cyclist
Brice Panel
b. 1983
athletics competitor
Antoine Louis de Gourdon
1765 – 1833
Jean-Michel Fourgous
b. 1953
politician
Larive
1747 – 1827
actor
Charles Ragon de Bange
1833 – 1914
military officer
Dominique Simon
b. 2000
association football player
Mathias Bourgue
b. 1994
tennis player
Jacques Raige-Delorme
1795 – 1887
librarian
Jean Sorel
b. 1934
stage actor
Maurice Marie-Sainte
1928 – 2017
Catholic priest
Joëlle Mogensen
1953 – 1982
singer
Marc-Antoine Goulard
b. 1964
painter
Alice Cocéa
1899 – 1970
actor
Thomas Vasse
b. 1774
sailor
Grégori Derangère
b. 1971
actor
Serge Lentz
1934 – 2021
journalist
Jean-Pascal Tricoire
b. 1963
entrepreneur
Étienne Brûlé
1592 – 1633
explorer